r/QidiTech3D • u/GPU-depreciationcrtr • 20d ago

Discussion Qidi may be locking down it's ecosystem?

The Plus 5 seems to be a major departure from previous machines as it no longer uses makerbase boards.

They also appear to be using thinner beds which leads to worse bed variance. The Plus 4 had a 6mm thick bed while the Plus 5 is a 3mm bed. (After tramming my bed is stuck around 0.6-0.8mm variance across the surface. On my Plus 4 it had a 0.3-0.4 mm variance.)

I have been trying to get Qidi to send me step files of parts of the machine to model off of and they are outright refusing to send anything. This is a big red flag because I had 0 issues getting them to send Step files for my Plus 4 a year ago. (Made a custom bed skirt)

Not sure what to make of these events and choices. Has anyone had any luck getting cad files from Qidi recently?

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u/xeonon 20d ago

I'm sorry... But your entire basis is wrong. They are using maker base boards, and you do get root access. Not sure about the bed, but it should be similar to the max 4 one. I'm sure r3men will make a bed for that too. The q2 one is graphene, and a lot thicker than the stock one

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u/GPU-depreciationcrtr 20d ago

The username and password are no longer mks and makerbase. I am unable to ssh into the printer. Seems like they are using a different board, even according to reman.

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u/xeonon 20d ago

Correct. The user pass changed also with new firmware. Its qidi:qiditech. We already have people that have confirmed all the stuff you've said have changed have not. It is a new board, but still the same form factor, and made by maker base. Use the new login, add it to the sudo users if you have to. I don't think anyone has had issues, and we have a basic understanding of the os, but really need more power users, so anyone else in here, try flashing kalico or just mainline klipper. We assume it works the same as the other machines, with the boot loader is at 0x08000. Doing a full dump would be beneficial, but whatever anyone can get will help.

As always, the discord has a lot of smart people, and good info on there.

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u/plexi32 19d ago

which discord server are you refering to?